Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius.,Sift the plain flour, corn flour and bicarbonate of soda.,Add the salt and mix well.,Cream the butter, castor sugar, brown sugar and vanilla essence till light and fluffy.,Add the eggs, 1 at a time.,Beat well.,Add the ground cinnamon and ground almond and mix well.,Stir in the chopped apricots.,Fold in the flour and salt mixture.,______,Bake at 20 minutes or until golden brown.,Cool the cookies thoroughly before storing in an air-tight container.